A South Carolina death row inmate, Brad Sigmon, has opted to be executed by firing squad, becoming the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this method. Sigmon, convicted of the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, chose firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair due to concerns over prolonged suffering. He has one final appeal pending before the state Supreme Court, with his lawyers arguing his trial lawyers were ineffective in presenting mitigating factors.
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Trump to nominate E.J. Antoni as new labor statistics commissioner
President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate E.J. Antoni as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, citing his commitment to ensuring that economic figures are "HONEST and ACCURATE." This nomination follows the firing of former commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report, and Antoni, a chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, has been a vocal skeptic of BLS data. Want More Context? 🔎
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